Implement trie (store/retrieve keys in dataset of strings)
Each node contains pointer to next letter & is word flag
Time: O(n) insert, O(n) search, O(n) startsWith
Space: O(n) insert, O(1) search, O(1) startsWith
*/
class TrieNode {
public:
TrieNode* children[26];
bool isWord;
TrieNode() {
for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
children[i] = NULL;
}
isWord = false;
}
};
class Trie {
public:
Trie() {
root = new TrieNode();
}
void insert(string word) {
TrieNode* node = root;
int curr = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < word.size(); i++) {
curr = word[i] - 'a';
if (node->children[curr] == NULL) {
node->children[curr] = new TrieNode();
}
node = node->children[curr];
}
node->isWord = true;
}
bool search(string word) {
TrieNode* node = root;
int curr = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < word.size(); i++) {
curr = word[i] - 'a';
if (node->children[curr] == NULL) {
return false;
}
node = node->children[curr];
}
return node->isWord;
}
bool startsWith(string prefix) {
TrieNode* node = root;
int curr = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < prefix.size(); i++) {
curr = prefix[i] - 'a';
if (node->children[curr] == NULL) {
return false;
}
node = node->children[curr];
}
return true;
}
private:
TrieNode* root;
};
* Your Trie object will be instantiated and called as such:
* Trie* obj = new Trie();
* obj->insert(word);
* bool param_2 = obj->search(word);
* bool param_3 = obj->startsWith(prefix);
*/